Pathfinder: Aviation Safety

Scope|Subject Headings|Overview Sources|Circulating Books|Periodicals, Journals & Trade Publications|Bibliography|Videos

SCOPE:  The purpose of this pathfinder is to serve as a guideline for the student in locating library resources that are available on the topic of aviation safety. It is not a comprehensive listing of all the materials that are available, but a selective listing of a sampling of the many resources available on this topic. Some of the subjects covered are causes of aircraft accidents, aircraft safety issues, and improving pilot performance.

SUBJECT HEADINGS

Books dealing with aviation safety are listed in the Baddour Library's on-line catalog under the following subject headings:

Aviation Safety measures
Aircraft accidents

There are sources located in the Reference Section of the Baddour Library that give a general overview or summary of the topic you are researching. The following is a list of some of the sources available in the library.

OVERVIEW SOURCES

REF TL 710.F3 Aim/Far

Some representative books from the Circulating Collection that are located upstairs in the library are:

CIRCULATING BOOKS

Aopa Air Safety Foundation. Safety Review: General Aviation Weather Accidents, an Analysis & Preventive Strategies. Frederick, Md: AOPA Air Safety Foundation, 1996.

Beaty, David. The Naked Pilot: The Human Factor in Aircraft Accidents. Shrewsbury: Airlife, 2000.

Buck, Robert N. The Pilot's Burden: Flight Safety and the Roots of Pilot Error. Ames: Iowa State University, 1994.

Cohn, Robert L. They Called It Pilot Error: True Stories Behind General Aviation Accidents. New York: TAB Books, 1994.

Collins, Richard L. Air Crashes: What Went Wrong, Why, and What Can Be Done About It. Charlottesville, VA: Thomasson-Grant, 1992.

Craig, Paul A. The Killing Zone: How and Why Pilots Die. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001.

Craig, Paul A. Situational Awareness. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001.

Curtis, Todd. Understanding Aviation Safety Data: Using the Internet and Other Sources to Analyze Air Travel Risk. Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers, 2000.

Dismukes, Key. The Limits of Expertise: Rethinking Pilot Error and the Causes of Airline Accidents. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007.

Krause, Shari Stamford. Aircraft Safety: Accident Investigation, Analyses, and Applications. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996.

MacPherson, Malcolm. The Black Box: All-New Cockpit Voice Recorder Accounts of In-Flight Accidents. New York: William Morrow, 1998.

Oster, Clinton V. Why Airplanes Crash: Aviation Safety in a Changing World. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.

Owen, David. Air Accident Investigation. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens, 2001.

Schiavo, Mary. Flying Blind, Flying Safe. New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, 1997.

Turner, Thomas P. Checklists and Compliance. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001.

Watson, Thomas W. Unhappy Landings: Why Airplanes Crash. Melbourne, Fla: Harbor City Press, 1992.

Wells, Alexander T. Commercial Aviation Safety. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001.

Some of the specific periodicals that the library subscribes to that focuses on the topic of aviation safety are:

PERIODICALS, JOURNALS & TRADE PUBLICATIONS

Airline Pilot
Aopa Pilot
Aviation Week & Space Technology
Business & Commercial Aviation
Flight Journal
Flying
Flying Safety
Plane & Pilot
Private Pilot
Professional Pilot

VIDEOS

Midair Collision Avoidance TL 696.C6 M63 1989
Mysterious Crash of Flight 201 TL 553.5.M97 1993
Night Flying TL 711.N5 N53 1995
Why Planes Crash TL 553.5.W49 1987
Crashes Without Cause TL 553.5.C74 1996